I had an un-gosh-ly amount of fun making this piece! From the bright color palette to the new lace border pattern, I absolutely adored working this up.

When I make a Textured Circles (can’t believe I’ve made 16 of them!) I start by working all of the center circles for the motifs. Then little by little, I begin advancing the motifs, starting to make them larger and larger, adding onto whichever motif I happen to pick up. Once I get closer to the end, I go ahead and a work the final 3-4 rounds all at once, finishing the squares. I like to work them in a partial assembly fashion because it goes so much faster!

The join that I used here can be found in the free pattern for this blanket. It is like a flat braid join, but with the pointed shell round coming before the braid. The tricky part for this one was working out the edging…

Soon I will write up the pattern for this border. I called it “Playful Lace Scallop edging” I think! It took me a few tries to get it right because when I make an edging, it’s important to me that the parts of the border line up with the motifs themselves so that the whole thing looks more put together.